throw out the baby with the bath water

Discard something valuable along with something not wanted. For example, I know you don't approve of that one item in the bill but we shouldn't throw out the baby with the bath water by voting the bill down. This expression, with its vivid image of a baby being tossed out with a stream of dirty water, is probably translated from a German proverb, Das Kind mit dem Bade ausschütten (“Pour the baby out with the bath”). It was first recorded in English in 1853 by Thomas Carlyle, who translated many works from German.

Words nearby throw out the baby with the bath water

throw oneself into, throw one's hat in the ring, throw one's weight around, throw open, throw out, throw out the baby with the bath water, throw over, throw pillow, throw rug, throw someone, throwster

单词	throw out the baby with the bath water
释义	throw out the baby with the bath water Discard something valuable along with something not wanted. For example, I know you don't approve of that one item in the bill but we shouldn't throw out the baby with the bath water by voting the bill down. This expression, with its vivid image of a baby being tossed out with a stream of dirty water, is probably translated from a German proverb, Das Kind mit dem Bade ausschütten (“Pour the baby out with the bath”). It was first recorded in English in 1853 by Thomas Carlyle, who translated many works from German. Words nearby throw out the baby with the bath water throw oneself into, throw one's hat in the ring, throw one's weight around, throw open, throw out, throw out the baby with the bath water, throw over, throw pillow, throw rug, throw someone, throwster The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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